Utah passes 1 million COVID-19 cases, caution urged with BA.5 variant

Utah passes 1 million COVID-19 cases with latest data report

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah passed one million confirmed cases of COVID-19 this week, with health officials urging people to begin taking precautions as the BA.5 Omicron variant continues to spread rapidly.

"What’s problematic is like so many industries, hospitals are overstretched, they don’t have staff and they can’t find more staff. You take an understaffed hospital and increase cases a little bit, it can be pretty bad," Dr. Nolen said in an interview with FOX 13 News on Thursday. "If you’re someone who’s immuno-suppressed? I do think it would be worrying and I would encourage them to wear masks at all times," she said."I personally am wearing a mask when I'm inside. I don’t want that infection."

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